Sabahy Abdol-Reza, Divsalar Kouros, Nakhaee Nouzar
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran.
Senior Researcher, Neuroscience Research Center, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran.
Addict Health. 2011 Winter-Spring;3(1-2):9-14.
Tobacco is consumed in various forms, and there has been an increasing trend worldwide in the use of waterpipe. This study aimed to assess the university students' attitudes towards waterpipe.
This was a cross-sectional study; 1130 students randomly were selected from universities of Kerman, Iran. They were provided with a researcher-made questionnaire after obtaining the informed consent. The anonymous questionnaires were completed with ensuring about information confidentiality. In addition to the underlying questions, the questionnaires consisted of 10 attitude survey questions. Higher scores indicated more positive attitudes.
The obtained results indicated a significant difference of attitude of the students who were current or occasional smokers of waterpipe in comparison with the students who never smoked it towards addictiveness, social acceptance or rejection and its harmfulness; so that their attitudes were more positive (P < 0.05). Mean ± SD of attitude score of the students who never consumed waterpipe before, those who had the history of consuming it at least once and those who were current smokers were 1.40 ± 0.40, 1.50 ± 0.41 and 1.70 ± 0.43, respectively (P < 0.001).
Waterpipe smoking was associated with false beliefs and positive attitudes among the students; therefore, the necessity of education and attitude changing is required in this regard.
烟草有多种消费形式，全球水烟的使用呈上升趋势。本研究旨在评估大学生对水烟的态度。
这是一项横断面研究；从伊朗克尔曼的大学中随机选取1130名学生。在获得知情同意后，为他们提供一份研究者编制的问卷。确保信息保密的情况下完成匿名问卷。除基本问题外，问卷还包括10个态度调查问题。分数越高表明态度越积极。
所得结果表明，与从不吸水烟的学生相比，目前或偶尔吸水烟的学生在成瘾性、社会接受或排斥以及危害性方面的态度存在显著差异；因此，他们的态度更积极（P<0.05）。以前从未吸水烟的学生、有至少一次吸水烟史的学生和目前吸水烟的学生的态度得分均值±标准差分别为1.40±0.40、1.50±0.41和1.70±0.43（P<0.001）。
吸水烟与学生中的错误观念和积极态度相关；因此，在这方面需要进行教育和改变态度。
